Viswanathan Anand (File)

India stretched Russia to the brink in the Chess Olympiad final on Sunday, but lost out in a frantic finish, with two Indian players losing connection with the server and losing on time.

The Indian team, being represented by Captain Vidit Gujrathi, former world champion Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, young prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, Pentala Harikrishna and Divya Deshmukh, were playing in their first Olympiad final against Russia.

Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh lose connection with server and lose on time. India are likely to appeal the result because of the controversial manner of the finish.

What a tragedy for the youngling @DivyaDeshmukh05 to lose on time! She found this beautiful plan of Bg2-f1-e2-d1-c2 to reach a near winning position! @chesscom_in @chesscom #ChessOlympiad pic.twitter.com/tlekBwxhjA

— Venkat Saravanan (@reachvsara) August 30, 2020

Deshmukh was in a winning position before the server crash.

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